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Starbucks’ China Growth Bucks Trend

At an investor conference on Wednesday, Starbucks executives said they expect China to become the company’s largest market outside the United States by 2014, as the coffee retail giant has maintained robust sales growth...

CDT Money: Time to Call the Bottom?

A breeze of cautious optimism wafted into the Chinese economy this week despite a seventh consecutive quarter of slowing GDP growth, as better-than-expected September data signaled that the world’s second largest economy...

Record Tourist Numbers a Golden Sign for Economy

Among the reasons that analysts believe China’s economy may have begun to stabilize, TIME calls out the record tourist numbers during this month’s Golden Week holiday and explores whether Chinese consumers can buoy...

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